Changes for page Eco-System System Design

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1 -= 0 - Introduction =
1 +== **0 - Introduction** ==
2 2  
3 +
3 3  This documentation describes a system that establishes a framework for creatures' behaviours within the ecosystem. This system aims for consistency, enabling the player to understand and explore more of the organic variations and predict the location or behaviour of the creatures.
4 4  
5 -== 0.1 - Disclaimer ==
6 +=== **0.1 - Disclaimer** ===
6 6  
8 +
7 7  In this document, the names and examples used are for illustrative purposes only; they are not creatures or anything else that are designed for this game. This is a living document, and any specifics pertaining to the mechanics, numbers, and more are subject to change. The assignee of this task is free to apply any values, effects, and other unspecified elements, or contact {{mention reference="XWiki.AdamDesign" style="FULL_NAME" anchor="XWiki-AdamDesign-q22x2e"/}} or {{mention reference="XWiki.utkudagli" style="FULL_NAME" anchor="XWiki-utkudagli-rxh00q"/}} to get further guidelines.
8 8  
9 -== 0.2 - Terminology ==
11 +=== **0.2 - Local Dictionary** ===
10 10  
11 -(% class="table-bordered" %)
12 -(% class="active" %)|=(% style="width: 204px;" %)Term|=(% style="width: 958px;" %)Meaning
13 -|(% style="width:204px" %)PC|(% style="width:958px" %)Player Character
14 -|(% style="width:204px" %)NPC|(% style="width:958px" %)(((
13 +
14 +|=Term|=Meaning
15 +|PC|Player Character
16 +|NPC|(((
15 15  Non-Playable Character
16 16  )))
17 -|(% style="width:204px" %)Micro-Zone|(% style="width:958px" %)Invisible spawn region, within a biome tied to terrain function
18 -|(% style="width:204px" %)State Machine|(% style="width:958px" %)A system for managing the creature's behaviour through states
19 -|(% style="width:204px" %)Behavioural State|(% style="width:958px" %)Current behavioural state of the creature
19 +|Micro-Zone|Invisible spawn region, within a biome tied to terrain function
20 +|State Machine|A system for managing the creature's behaviour through states
21 +|Behavioural State|Current behavioural state of the creature
20 20  
23 +== ==
24 +
21 21  ----
22 22  
23 -= 1 - System Architecture =
27 +== ==
24 24  
29 +== **1 - System Architecture** ==
30 +
31 +
25 25  This system operates on four interconnected layers. Each layer builds upon the previous layer.
26 26  
27 27  * Layer 1: Creature State Machine
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29 29  * Layer 3: Interaction Chains
30 30  * Layer 4: Environmental Traces
31 31  
32 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-12-08 131237.png||alt="System Architecture"]]
39 +[[image:1765911944829-936.png]]
33 33  
34 -== 1.1 - Layer 1: Creature State Machine ==
41 +=== **1.1 - Layer 1: Creature State Machine** ===
35 35  
36 -**Core Concept:** Each creature type behaves differently under specific conditions and states, depending on what those states dictate. For now, they are categorised into three groups (prey, predators and scavengers). In the future, changes could include additions and updates to these documents. These creatures’ behaviour varies under observable conditions, such as day and weather cycles.
37 37  
38 -=== 1.1.1 - Core States ===
44 +(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Core Concept:**(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %) Each creature type behaves differently under specific conditions and states, depending on what those states dictate. For now, they are categorised into three groups (prey, predators and scavengers). In the future, changes could include additions and updates to these documents. These creatures’ behaviour varies under observable conditions, such as day and weather cycles.
39 39  
40 -(% class="table-bordered" %)
41 -(% class="active" %)|=State|=Characteristics
42 -| Resting|(((
43 -* Low activity, reduced movement
44 -* Found in a sheltered location (caves, dense foliage, nest, etc.)
45 -* Increased during rain
46 -* Creatures are less aggressive and easier to approach.
47 -** **Predator:** When a predator creature notices the player or another predator while resting, it becomes aggressive.
48 -** **Prey & Scavenger:** When the creature detects the player or a predator while resting, it flees or flies away.
49 -)))
50 50  
47 +==== **1.1.1 - Core States** ====
51 51  
49 +
50 +* (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Resting**
51 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Low activity, reduced movement
52 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Found in a sheltered location (caves, dense foliage, nest, etc.)
53 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Increased during rain
54 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Creatures are less aggressive and easier to approach.
55 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Predator: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)When a predator creature notices the player or another predator while resting, it becomes aggressive.
56 +** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Prey & Scavenger:**(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %) When the creature detects the player or a predator while resting, it flees or flies away.
52 52  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Feeding**
53 53  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Active foraging/hunting
54 54  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Found in food sources (water, vegetation, fruit bushes, prey shelters, scavengers scavenging the corpse of other creatures)
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75 75  * **Flee**
76 76  ** Triggers after the creature feels threatened.
77 77  
83 +
78 78  **State Transition Diagram: **
79 79  
80 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-12-08 162729.png||alt="State Transition Diagram"]]
86 +[[image:1765912618725-168.png]]
81 81  
82 82  
83 83  |=Creature Type|=Morning|=Midday|=Dusk|=Night|=Primary Location
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85 85  |(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Prey|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Feeding|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Feeding|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Water → Open Areas →Shelter
86 86  |(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Kill Sites → Trees → Caves
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95 +
88 88  ==== **1.1.2 - Weather System** ====
89 89  
90 90  
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116 116  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Predators rely on ambush tactics. Players could be hunted if they haven’t noticed the predators.
117 117  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Player Strategies: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Move slowly and quietly, but be careful; players can also be hunted if they are unaware of the predator.
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119 119  |=Weather|=Movement Speed|=Roaming Radius from the Spawn Point|=Resting Priority|=Vision Range|=Hearing Range
120 120  |Sunny|100%|100%|1.0x|100%|(((
121 121  100%
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127 127  )))
128 128  |Foggy|80%|60%|1.5x|40%|150%
129 129  
130 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-12-09 161553.png||alt="Weather System"]]
131 131  
140 +
141 +[[image:1765913168895-550.png]]
142 +
132 132  === ===
133 133  
134 134  === **1.2 - Layer 2: Micro-zoning** ===
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141 141  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Cave Entrance: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Dark tunnels or just an opening; mostly predators rest; sometimes prey can be found here, too.
142 142  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Riverside/Seashore: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Where all animals drink or hang out. Still, predators and scavengers hunt and feed here. Also, some predators are in the water to hunt fish.
143 143  
155 +
144 144  ==== **1.2.1 - Micro-zone types** ====
145 145  
146 146  
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160 160  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Cave Entrance: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)During rain, most prey will hide here from the rain. Other than rainy days, there will be no prey. During foggy periods, predators will be here.
161 161  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Inner Cave: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)A Hide and resting place for predators. Predators in here are territorial because this place also serves as their nest.
162 162  
175 +
163 163  |=(((
164 164  State/Creature
165 165  )))|=Prey|=Predator|=Scavengers
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172 172  |=Scavenging|-|-|Mid elevation, forest edge, clearings, Water proximity Zone 1 and Zone 2.
173 173  |=Alert|During Fog|During Fog|During Fog
174 174  
188 +
175 175  === **1.3 -  Layer 3: Interaction Chains** ===
176 176  
177 177  ===
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192 192  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Most of the sounds will be muffled by rain interference.
193 193  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Within 10 meters, a slight leaf crunch is audible.
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195 195  ==== (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**1.3.2 - Prey-Prey Interaction**(%%) ====
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200 200  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Some creatures will be designed as herds. (Will be specified later)
201 201  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If herds or herd-like creature groups trigger each other. For instance, if a prey animal detected a predator, triggering the flee state and initiating a run, the rest of the herd would also enter the flee state and run.
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218 +
203 203  **1.3.3 - Scavenger Interaction**
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208 208  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If the weather is foggy, scavengers will spawn in 7 minutes near the carcass.
209 209  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If the weather is rainy, scavengers will spawn in 10 minutes near the carcass.
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211 211  |Time: 0|Kill Occurs
212 212  |Sunny Weather|5 mins: Scavenger arrives
213 213  |Foggy Weather|7 mins: Scavenger arrives
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215 215  |If the carcass is scavenged|The carcass turns to bones, and the bones despawn in 5 minutes
216 216  |Time: 20+ mins|Carcass despawns if not scavenged
217 217  
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218 218  === **1.4 - Layer 4: Environmental Traces** ===
219 219  
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248 248  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)10 mins: 33% visibility
249 249  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)15 mins: Faded
250 250  
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251 251  ==== **1.4.2 - Audio Range by Weather** ====
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281 281  |Rainy|100m|0.6x|60m|Muffled|Close-range only
282 282  |Foggy|100m|1.5x|150m|Echoing|Wide area search
283 283  
303 +
284 284  ==== **1.4. - Environmental Disturbance Types** ====
285 285  
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290 290  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Mud Tracks: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Footprints will spawn on rainy days, and the water will fill them. Due to that, the fresh tracks will last longer. But in the following rain, if the footprints are still alive, they will start to fade away, as explained in 2.4.1
291 291  * **Claw Marks: **Claw marks indicate that a predator is nearby.
292 292  
313 +
293 293  ----
294 294  
295 295  == ==
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311 311  ** Learns from the NPC
312 312  ** Benefits from community knowledge
313 313  
335 +
314 314  === **2.1 - Learning Through Natural Gameplay Loop** ===
315 315  
316 316  
317 -[[image:Screenshot 2025-12-16 230546.png||alt="Learning Through Natural Gameplay Loop"]]
339 +[[image:1765915553090-883.png]]
318 318  
319 319  
320 320  === **2.2 - Creature Behaviour Complexity Progression** ===
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360 360  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Instead of zones, playing time could be used to set the complexity progression.
361 361  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Instead of zones, experience level could be used to set the complexity progression.
362 362  
385 +
363 363  === **2.3 - NPC Dialogue with Subtle Hints** ===
364 364  
365 365  
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371 371  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Old Tales: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Tells old tales that caution the player on scavenger and predator behaviour and patterns.
372 372  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Self Thought: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)The(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)** **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)PC that talks by itself with the observations depending on the pattern findings.
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374 374  === **2.4 - Quest Design for Teaching** ===
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